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  • Domestic Violence (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
    • Meeting date: 10 December 2003
    At the MPA I have acknowledged the work that MPA members and the Met have done on this issue. Sitting as a Magistrate I certainly notice that there is a culture change in the police. Sir John, are you actually bringing the Magistracy on board as a whole? Because I have recently sat on quite a few of these cases and maybe one of my colleagues was not quite in agreement with my judgement. The most important thing you can do while the case is proceeding is to remove the offender from the home and that is the difficulty. Also...
  • LDA Properties (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2001
    Have you ear-marked any sites for which you have considered the possibility of using this method?
  • LDA Properties (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2001
    I'm sure we would all like to know if you intend activating these powers and whether, in fact, these properties are in habitation at the present time and why you would consider using compulsory purchase orders for the greater gain of what? Because local authorities very rarely now use them. It's usually only for road building. But I would be interested to know in which area you would consider using it.
  • LDA Properties (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2001
    My information is quite wrong then and I apologise about that but I was informed that you had in fact used some compulsory purchase orders.